[Bell Historians] Olympic bell

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> Can anyone explain the odd looking clapper.  

Yes - it is broken!

There is a steel retaining cable along the shaft and through the crown staple, quite a common arrangement in Italy where towers are open to the elements and a broken clapper could endanger life and limb!